Q.1 |
Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom: By leaps and bounds? |
a) | very fast |
b) | very slow |
c) | in details |
d) | aimlessly |
Q.2 |
Pick the choice that best completes the sentence: The Moon is not a planet, __________ the planets in many respects. |
a) | resembling |
b) | which resembles |
c) | but resembles to |
d) | although it resembles |
Q.3 |
Choose the option that best explains the meaning of the idiom/proverb: To spill the beans. |
a) | to reveal secret information |
b) | to misbehave |
c) | to keep secrets |
d) | to talk irrelevant |
Q.4 |
Choose the right personal pronoun to correctly finish this sentence: I was stopped by a woman who wanted to ask ________ the way to the post office. |
a) | it |
b) | we |
c) | me |
d) | she |
Q.5 |
What will come in blank 4? |
a) | good |
b) | better |
c) | best |
d) | gooder |
Q.6 |
Identify the adverb from the following sentence: He always tries to do his best. |
a) |
always |
b) | tries |
c) | to do |
d) | best |
Q.7 |
Spot the error in the following sentence: (A) Not long after Galileo's time, Sir Isaac Newton invented (B) another kind of telescope (C) which he used mirrors (D) instead of lenses. |
a) | Not long after |
b) | another kind of |
c) | which he used |
d) | instead of |
Q.8 |
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: The plan of the enemy to blow _____ the fly-over was foiled by the police. |
a) | over |
b) | down |
c) | up |
d) | on |
Q.9 |
Make an appropriate sentence: believe/your/story/might/i |
a) | I believe might your story. |
b) | I might believe your story. |
c) | story your believe might I. |
d) | none of them |
Q.10 |
Choose the common noun from the options: The English word 'circus' was first used in the 14th century and derives from the Greek word 'kirkos', which means circle or ring. |
a) | Derives |
b) | Greek |
c) | English |
d) | Word |
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